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Plant Vitex agnus-castus (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Chaste-Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VITEAGNUSIN-H 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITETRIFOLIN-B 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITETRIFOLIN-C 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXILACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITICIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 5 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiasthmatic 2 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 20 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibronchitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 4 Duke, 1992 *